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'J. H. FAVVKBS.l

POCKET LAMP.

Patented May 31, 18192.

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UNITED STATESn PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB H. FAVVKES, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

POCKET-LAM P.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 476,042, dated May 31, 1892.

Application filed January 23, 1892. Serial No. 419,019. (No model.)

.To all wiz/m, t petty/- concern: l

Be it known that I, JACOB H. FAWKES, of

the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Pocket-Lamp, of which the followingisa full7 clear, and eX- act description.

My invention relates to improvements in pocket-lamps; and the object ot' my invention is to produce an extremely cheap and simple lamp of the character described, which may be used for lighting any desired object, such as a tire, a gas-jet, or a cigar, and also to construct the lamp so that it may be conveniently carried in the pocket, may be easily operated, and may be lighted a great many times without reloading.

To this end my invention consists in a pocket-lamp the construction of which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure lis a side elevation of a lamp einhodying my invention, showing the same closed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the lamp when open, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the open lamp.

The lamp-body consists of two nearly-par allel cylinders lO and 11, although it is not essential that the two `members of the body be of cylindrical form. The cylinder 1l is open at the ends and is slotted from the bottom part throughout nearly its entirelength, as shown in 11 in Fig. 2. This cylinder is adapted to contain the lighting-caps, as hereinafter described.

The cylinder 10 is closed at its lower end by a removable screw-cap 12, and this cylinder is adapted to contain the oil. To lill the cylinder, the screw-cap is removed, the lamp having an igniting-surface on one side, which surface will be prepared in any of the usual ways, a coating similar to the ordinary match compounds being usually employed.

The upper ends of the cylinders 10 and ll are held together by a U-shaped yoke 17, the bent portion of which is secured to the cylinder 11 and the sides of which embrace or overlap two sides of the cylinder l0, the sides of the yoke being slotted longitudinally, as shown at 18 in Fig. 1, and these slots receive the pins 19, which project from the inner side of the cylinder 10. The yoke 17 thus serves to hold the cylinders together, and the slot andpin limit their movements and allow them to move sufficiently to ignite the caps, as described below.

A plunger-2l is .held to slide iu the cylinder 11 beneath the cap 16, and the Aplunger lits snugly in the cylinder and is connected by a lng 22, which slides in the slot 11a, with a collar or ring 23, which is held to slide on the outside of the cylinder 11. It will thus be seen that by pushing upward ou the ring 23 the plunger will be raised and the caps 16 pushed upward, so that the uppermost of them will contact with the toe 15. The lower end of the cylinder 11 carries a short leadpencil 24, and it thus forms a convenient holder.

Then the lamp is inserted iu the pocket, it is placed bottom side up, so that the pencil will not injure the pocket-lining- The lower ends of` the cylinders 10 and 11 are held together by a clasp 25, which embraces them both and which may slide thereon, and this clasp by holding the lower ends of the cylinders together gives them a spring actionthat is to say, it permits the upper ends of the cylinders to be separated slightly, but causes them to be returned to place after the separating pressure has been removed, this spring action taking place chiefly on account of the natural spring ot' the material composing the cylinders.

Near the upper end of the cylinder 10 is a cap 2G, Which is hinged at one edge to the cylinder, as shown at 27, and which is open on the under side and is adapted to fit snugly over the tops of the cylinders 10 and 11, and if the lamp is lighted and the cap turned down upon them it will extinguish the flame.

The operation of thelampis as follows: The cylinder 10 is filled With oil in the mannerdescribed, the cylinder 11 is filled with the combustible caps 16, which are inserted at the bottom and pressed up by the plunger 21, and when the lampis to be lighted the operator throws open the cap 2G, and While still grasping the cap in one hand grasps the cylinder 11 With the other and pulls the two cylinders apart. This causes the toe 15 to scratch the combustible surface of the upper cap 1G and the friction causes the cap to be ignited and to light the Wick 14, which will burn untilthe cap 26 is again closed or the oil in the lamp is exhausted. When the cap or cover 26 is closed and the cylinders lO and 11 returned to their normal position, the toe 1.5 engages the cap 16, which has been lighted, and pushes it out of the top of the cylinder l1.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a tube provlded with a scratcher or ignitor at its upper or burner end, of a carrier mounted on the tube, movable at its upper end across said scratcher or ignitor and adapted to carry suitable ignition devices, substantially as set forth.

t 2. A pocket-lamp comprising two nearlyeach other, one member being adapted to carry Alighting-caps and the other adapted to carry an oil-Wick and having its upper end bent over the cap-carrying member and constituting an ignitor, a slotted yoke and pin connecting the upper ends of the members and limiting their movements, a cap to cover thetops of the members, and aclasp to hold their lower ends together, substantially as described.

4. A pocket-lamp comprising an open-ended member adapted to carry lightingcaps, means for moving the 'caps therein, an oilholding member or reservoirarranged nearly parallel With the cap-holding member, said oil-holding member having a Wick therein and having its upper end arranged to overlap the cap-holding member, means for limiting the movements of the members in relation to each other, a bent scratcher or ignitor toe secured to the oil-holding member and adapted to extend across the cap-holding member, and a cap to cover the upper ends oi themembers, substantially as described.

JACOB H. FAVKES.

XVitnesses:

WARREN B. HUTcHINsoN, C. SEDGWIOK. 

